Ukraine claimed to have busted an arms smuggling network used by a Donbas warlord to procure “award” weapons for high-profile individuals, including DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, actor Steven Seagal and Russian officials.

Ukraine’s National Police said Tuesday that Kyiv disrupted a smuggling route controlled by Donbas warlord Denis Pushilin, who has served as the de facto head of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic since 2018, in a raid dubbed Operation Black Shell.

Police alleged that Pushilin procured the weapons for a number of dignitaries, including Kim, former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, and a host of senior Russian officials, such